His Chosen One

"Finally, you have come to me, my chosen one.” I stood at the other side of the crossroad, watching the countless number of people walk eagerly to work on a Monday morning. I held up my phone to look at the time. 8:43am. The building was just on the other side. I had more than enough time to spare. The traffic lights turned red again, and the second wave of pedestrians lined up, ready to cross. I took a sip of my now cooling coffee, bracing for the lights to turn green once again. “Someone please stop my baby!” Someone screamed behind me. “I hate you mommy! I hate you!” A little girl with tears in her eyes and puffy cheeks ran past me and into the busy road. “Grace come back here!” The woman, holding unto a much younger child, screamed as she ran towards my direction. I looked around me. Everyone was whispering, looking at the little child in the middle of the road. Standing there while shouting how much she hated her mother. Not a single person made a move to get her out of traffic. “Someone get that child out of there!” An old lady behind me yelled as the girl, Grace’s mother, came up to the sidewalk, holding her second child tightly with tears running down her eyes. Now the little girl was definitely scared, crouched down on the road as speeding cars ran by her with no consideration. Before I could stop myself, I ran into road, bag and coffee in hand. I’m definitely going to be late now. A passed behind me and all the hairs on my back stood straight, but I got to her. “Are you okay sweetie?” I asked her as I lifted her from the ground, dropping my coffee cup on the ground. She shook her head. “Mommy loves Tim more than she loves me.” She cried out as more tears escaped her tiny eyes. The crosswalk was huge. And if I wanted to make it back in one piece with this hysterical child and my heels, I’d have to run twice as fast as I did to get here. “That’s not true Grace.” I said, already running and panting for my dear life . “Look, your mum is crying waiting for you.” I said trying to point at her. Suddenly, a big horn attracted my attention and I turned to see a car running at how many miles per hour coming at me. The little girl also seemed to understand that we were in danger. Before I could change my mind, I mustered all my strength and tossed her towards the crowd. “Someone better catch her!” I screamed before the car hit me. I always knew getting hit by a car was a cinematic experience, but it hurt like hell too. My ears were screaming, warm blood blurred my vision as I laid on the floor, my body screaming in pain. I moved my eyes slowly to get a look at the crosswalk. People had gathered around me, taking pictures and shouting. The mother, still holding her small baby looked over at me from the crosswalk with tears in her eyes. But I was slipping away, slipping into oblivion… I woke with a start, expecting to be overcome with great, but I was strangely…aright? But I died didn’t I? I looked around me. Everywhere was quiet and unfamiliar, definitely not the crossroads I was at a few seconds ago. Am I in heaven? The ground around my moved ever slightly, and I turned to see myself on to a giant s-snake?! I tried to get off, tripping on its giant tail in the process. In a fit of anger, I took off my heels. Throwing it as far as my strength could throw. It landed in a splash. That’s when I noticed I was in some kind of pavilion. Beautiful cherry blossoms I’ve only seen in movies stood all over, and I beautiful lake stared back at me. I was definitely in heaven. “Are you awake?” A velvety voice rang in my ears. I turned to see the big white snake staring at me. Maybe it’s because I thought I was already dead; I suddenly didn’t feel scared of a big snake that was talking to me. I mean, I just got hit by a car. One second I was staring at a big snake, and the next, I was surrounded by a cloud of smoke and in the hands of a…very beautiful man?! “Finally, you have come to me, my chosen one.” I stared at the beautiful face that was smiling as if I was a diamond. “Who are you? Are you the white snake from before?” I asked. “Yes. I was the one who called you here.” “Called me? Why?” “My name is Kyorin, the azure dragon. I’ve been waiting for you forever…” He said, pulling me even closer, his fingers intertwining mine “…and for our wedding night.” His words didn’t shock me at first, but his lips and face dangerously close to mine, had me blushing like a schoolgirl. “Wait! I said, trying to put some distance between us. “Wedding night? What do you mean by wedding night? The man c****d his head slightly, as if in confusion. “A wedding night? I mean sex.” He said matter-of-factly. I blushed beat red once again. “I know what happens during a wedding night you pervert.” I said. “Pervert?” He asked with a questioning eyebrow. “What I mean is why me? You just met me. Why would you want to… have s-s*x with me?” I asked. “Rest assured Chosen one, I’m a very skilled lover.” He said with a small smile. I almost fainted from that perfect smile. “I don’t think I need to know that. That’s not the problem here. And what is this chosen one you keep bringing up. He brought me closer to him once again, but I didn’t object. Maybe he might tell me something that might make me collapse again. Then again, I just witnessed a giant snake during into a man. “A chosen one, or rather chosen ones are humans called from another world, who appear only once in a sacred beast’s lifetime. When the two come together, the beast is able to evolve into their highest supreme form. While I may be snake now, after our union, I will become a dragon.” I gave him the ‘don’t-s**t-with-me’ look, but he merely remained silent, waiting for my response. So, this means, I died and got transported to another world where I have to sleep with a beautiful snake-man so he can become a dragon? How is this possible? What about heaven? Or is this a second chance at life? “I-I can’t agree to this! I never asked to be sent here. I was just trying to help a little girl but ended up dying. You can’t just decide to bring me here to have s*x with me against my will. Please send me back home. I’m even supposed to be taking a class by now.” His calculating snake eyes looked at me, arms folded. “I don’t mind chosen one, but you should know, you will die if you go back to your world.” Suddenly, images of the accident came rushing into my head one after the other. “What do you mean by that?” “You came here, body and soul. If I sent you back to your world, It would be only seconds before your death. Afterall, only people destined to die on that precise day, at that precise time, are sent to this world. “That’s so cruel. So, if I went back, it would just be a repeat of that accident?’ “Yes, chosen one.” He said and started levitating. “So, you have only two choices. Either go back and die or spend the rest of your life here as my bride and have s*x with me. Wow. So, this is the iconic ‘stuck between a road and a hard place’ trope I’ve read so much about. I’ve only been here for less than an hour, and I’m already in a compromising situation with a handsome flying snake man… with nowhere to run and glaring red flags everywhere. I looked back at the levitating man, Kyorin, still holding out for me. For now, the only thing I can do is take his hand and bid my time until I find a way to escape this place. I placed my hands in his somewhat cold ones. He brought me up like I weighed nothing, holding me bridal style once again. “That’s my girl.”